Toy telephone



N. W. HILL TOY TELEPHONE Oct. 14, 1930.

Filed April 28, 1930 Cil CII

Patented 14, 193@ UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE NORMAN W. HILL, OF EAST HAMPTON, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE N. N. HILL BRASS COMPANY, OF EAST HAMPTON, CONNECTICUT, .A CORPORATION TOY VTELEPHOLTE Application filed April 28,

This invention relates to an improvement in toy telephones end particularly to toypt-elephones; of mental type, the object of the inven on being to produce an attractive the i toy in a simple term, so that it can be protelephone-handle broken aivay and With the gong Fig. is a perspective vieuv ot the base of the bell, detached; and

E 6 is e. persjfiective view of the bell-op eratmg rack, detached.

In carrying out my invention, I employ bese 10 ot any suitable design, and mounted on the base is an l..-sha 1 .ied post 11 preferably formed troni dieet---.wal Attached to the :face of the base, near its upper end, is the bese 12 of a bell-m chanism ci' the ordinary bicycle type. lilxtending; through the bese, so as to be guided thereby, is e rack-bar 'lil formed on one side with teeth. 14 to engaeje with one of the pinions oit the bell-operating mechenisn'i. 'lhe rech is also lformed with a longitudinal elet l5 through. which the central post 16 of the bell-mechanism extends, and this rack is normally held in its raieed position by a sprin" l? 'which is engaged with the base 12 and with the rack.

Secured to the upper end 0i' the rack is a yole 1S which receives the handle 19 of a telephoneinstrument of the continental type` having a transmit-ter 2O at. one end and a receiver 2l trie other end, the receiver being connected with the base by a ieXible cord 22.

A downward movement of the yoke moves the rack-bar 13 and causes the bell to sound, and this movement may be imparted by pressing down upon the handle of the telephone before it is removed from the yoke, or pressof the bell removed; l is a sectional view on the line l-ll 1930. Serial N'o. 447,815.

ing down upon the yoke after the handle has been removed.

By connecting;` the yoke directly With the bell-operating rack, a` very simple construction ie provided, and the yoke is suitably supported by the rack, which is guided for vertical movement through the base, the rack being lonp enough to extend entirely through the base so as to be verticallv guided thereby.

I claim 1. In a toy telephone-set, the combination with a base, oi e bell-post uprising therefrom. e. bell-unit secured to the post, a vertically m vable racl organized with the bell-unit for operating the same, and a telephone-receiver yoke secured directly to the upper end of the Vsaid rack and solely supported thereby and operating the saine when depressed.

2. In a toy telephone-set, the combination with a base, of an V! .sliaped base-support having its horizontal lower arm secured directly to the base, a bell-unit rigidly mounted upon the upper end o1 the upright upper arm of the said bell-support, a vertically-movable rack mounted for vertical reciprocation in the base of the bell-unit and organized with the striking-inechanism thereof, and a. horizontally-arranged telephone-receiver yoke mounted directly upon the projectinp,T upper end ot' the rack.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this speciiiczition.

NORMAN VJ. HILL. 

